South Dakota Track and Field history was made last night. Alea Hardie ran her final race on her home track at O’Gorman High School @ the Rich Greeno meet. She ran 10:10.83 and broke the South Dakota State record by 9 seconds. One of the best all time!!
Congrats to the girls 4x800 team winning the Howard Wood relays in a time of 9:18.47. That is a new school record and places them 3rd in the Nation! Libby Castelli, Grace Waage, Ruth Pardy, Alea Hardie
One of SD all time HS greats Allison Eckert stopped by to give Alea Hardie her award shirt, flowers and a note. Alea brooke Allison’s state record in the 3200 run last Friday. What a class act by Allison and a memory Alea will never forget.
South Dakota’s 2 time defending champ in girls XC,1600, and 800 has committed to UNL!!! We are all so proud of Alea. Great to see all the hard work pay off!!! Happy B-Day!!!
Congratulations to Joe Lynch for breaking the O’Gorman School Record in the High Jump with this leap of 6’7 in Friday’s Rich Greeno City Meet. Great job Joe!
Congrats to Manny Struck and Alea Hardie winning the Lee Dolan and Margaret Lynch OG Athletic awards. This is based on athletic ability, academics, service, citizenship and character! Two great choices!
We did it!
Great job girls!
A reception to honor our 2022 Girls State AA Track & Field Champions will be held at 5:00 today (Saturday) in the OGHS cafeteria. Come and help us celebrate this great accomplishment. All are welcome.
Congrats to Alea Hardie! The 2021 Track athlete of the Meet. There were some other very deserving females! Alea was Gold Medal in the 800, 1600, 4x800(2:11split) and second in 4x400(59.1 split) What a stud!!!
What a champ! 3 Gold Medal’s in the 800, 1600, 4x4 and a runner up in the Medley! Does it all with a smile, and cares about her team more then herself! What a true champion!!!
Congrats to the Kights Girls track team! Placing 2nd and only 2 points from 1st! Most points scored “86” and best placing in school history!!! What a effort!!!!!!
Theses three young lady’s had an amazing weekend. Got a chance to be part of the Howard Wood Special Event, broke school records and broke Howard Wood records. What a special group of young ladies.
Lady Knights well represented at the Angie Twilight! Alea Hardie wins the HS in 17:50 and Alumni Abby Ripperda wins the College race in 16:47. There were 47 HS and 28 College teams!
Knights 3200 Girls start day 2 off running well. All three place! Ruth Pardy 7th, Libby Castelli 4th, and Alea Hardie breaks the meet record in a time of 10:24.42. She is also the gold medal winner. Congrats ladies!
Knights Girls are the Two time defending state champions! Welcome home will be today at 5 PM in the cafeteria. The chance to tell the girls congrats and hear how it all went down.
Congrats to Coach Krier for being inducted into the 2021 O’Gorman Athletic Hall of Fame. Thanks for all your many years of coaching and for all you do for track and cross-country!
Congrats to this great group of Coaches! Our athletes are blessed! Steve Krier,Alex Butterfield, Rick Lynch, Mikaela Schnetter, Alex Robey, Trey Sajdak, Edwin Fink,Trevor Hooten and Vinnie Olson!!!!
Congrats to Alea Hardie on her signing today. I have been blessed to coach her 2 seasons a year for 6 years! She is a big part of the OG community and my family! Excited to watch her at the next level.
Knights Track and XC well represented today! Congrats to Long time Head Coach Doug Lindner and Current Asst. Coach Alex Butterfield for going into OG Athletic Hall of Fame!
Knights Girls 4x800 starts the day on the track with a new school record and one of the top times in Nation 9:17.24. Kiera Pinto, Ruth Pardy, Libby Castelli, and Alea Hardie! Congrats!
So proud of Alea. What a great honor to top of Alea’s career. Only Alea’s family knows the ups and downs and the endless hours of hard work she has put in. One of the best in the history of SD
What a day for the girls 800 runners. Ruth Pardy 6th 2:16.94, Libby Castelli 2nd 2:15.08, and Alea Hardie breaks the Sate Meet record with a time of 2:09.64. That is also her 8th Gold Medal of her career.
Lady Knight’s crush the Medley breaking a school, State Meet record, and 5th All time in SD. 4:06.06 Audrey Meyer, Jenna Krouse, Mahli Abdouch. and Libby Castelli
Girls 4x800 win the state meet. All ran great splits! Alea Hardie lead the way running a fast 2:11 split! Congrats to Grace Waage, Allison Tschetter, Alea Hardie, and Ruth Pardy
Congrats to Avery Wittry and Alea Hardie signing today to continue their academic and athletic careers. We are so excited for them and excited to see the hard work pay off.
Congrats to this amazing athlete. All State soccer and now your AA Individual State Champion. Libby Castelli. She recorded the fastest time from all three classes.
Here is Manny Struck’s jump at 6’4 as he finished 2nd at the Dakota Relays. He was the only jumper clean to this point, nearly winning the event. Great job Manny!
It was great watching Alea race. These three girls are a part of OG history. Four state championships in a row. Back-to-back cross country and track team titles.
Congratulations to Sienna Struck for placing 4th out of 37 jumpers at the Mount Marty Open Friday with this new PR jump of 4’8”. Great start Sienna!
#jumphigh
With a throw of 136’10” on Friday, Avery Wittry:
-Won the Rich Greeno meet
-Moves to
#1
in class AA discus
-Is now 3rd all time in discus at O’Gorman
Way to go Avery!💪
Congrats to Alea Hardie XC Runner of the year and Lexi Beady standout thrower as Softball player of the year! Knights we’re very well represented with all the winners and finalist! Go Knights!!!!
So proud of our whole team. All PR’s on a very tough course. Shoutout to Libby Castelli and Ruth Pardy. Ruth 15th ran a very smart race. Libby was 3rd putting her as one of the top runners in the Midwest. Best place and time in the history of OG at this race. Congrats!
Nothing better than great teammates! Sienna, Ruth and Angela continued to come to our State Meet practices to support and workout with our 7th grade High Jumper Ellie (OG Knights tee) as she prepares to compete Saturday. Thank you girls!
#JumpHigh
#BlessedHJcoach
Knights Track and Field are excited to announce Libby Castelli and Ruth Pardy have been invited to Run at Drake Relays friday April. 28th! They will be apart of a 1st every Midwest Special HS Girls Mile!! What an Honor!!
Congrats to Audrey Meyer (Kansas University) and Sam Castle(SDSU). Both have signed to continue their Track and Field careers at the D1 Level. Awesome!
Congrats to Libby running at Nike nationals. She placed 123 out of 205. The course was tough and muddy! Fun to watch Libby compete against the best in the nation.
Big shout out to our girls team Captain! It was awesome having our JH join us today. Without Coaches asking her, Ruth gathered the JH team at the start line. Gave them a pep talk about the course and the meaning of running. Then led them in a team prayer.
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Freshman Track Decathlon winners in 2016 to Seniors Winning the Lee Dolan and Margret Lynch athletics award! Congrats to two great athletes!! Excited to watch them run at state.
Congrats to the Lady Knights winning the Augie Twilight Meet. Lead by Alea Hardie 1st, Libby Castelli 3rd, Ruth Pardy 11th, Laney Castelluzzo 37th and Kiera Pinto 53rd. There were 50 teams and 240 runners.